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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s literally from out of this world.Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from outer space — “The Engima.” The rare gem was shown off on Monday to journalists as part of a tour in Dubai and Los Angeles before it is due to be auctioned off in February in London.Sotheby’s expects the diamond to be sold for at least 5 million British pounds ($6.8 million). The auction house plans to accept cryptocurrency as a possible payment as well.Sophie Stevens, a jewelry specialist at Sotheby’s Dubai, told The Associated Press that the number five bears an importance significance to the diamond, which has 55 facets as well.“The shape of the diamond is based on the Middle-Eastern palm symbol of the Khamsa, which stands for strength and it stands for protection,” she said.
Khamsa in Arabic means five.“So there’s a nice theme of the number five running throughout the diamond," she added.Stevens also said the black diamond is likely from outer space.“With the carbonado diamonds, we believe that they were formed through extraterrestrial origins, with meteorites colliding with the Earth and either forming chemical vapor disposition or indeed coming from the meteorites themselves,” she said.Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally only in Brazil and Central Africa. The cosmic origin theory is based on their carbon isotopes and high hydrogen content.
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Cristiano Ronaldo will stop at nothing to make his girlfriend’s birthday as memorable as possible. For Georgina Rodriguez’s 28th birthday, the legendary athlete arranged for a themed laser show on the tallest building in the world: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The building was lit up with images of the Spanish actress in her Netflix show I Am Georgina, which was released on the same day.
Ferne McCann recently confirmed her romance with new beau Lorri Haines with a string of loved-up snaps posted to social media. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 31, jetted off to Dubai to join her estate agent boyfriend, with the couple sharing numerous clips and photos from their romantic trip. Ferne looked smitten with her new man Lorri during the holiday, and it's now been reported that the star plans to split her time between Dubai and Essex in order to focus on her new romance.
Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward has been enjoying a sun-soaked getaway to Dubai along with her husband Ashley and their daughters. The TV star, 48, and ex-footballer Ashley, 51, have been busy sharing a selection of stunning snaps from their family holiday, with three of their four daughters joining them on the trip. Taylor, 24, Charlie, 14, and Aston, 12, have all headed to Dubai with their famous parents, while eldest daughter Darby, 25, has stayed back at home in the UK.
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Ferne McCann has split her time between Dubai and Essex in order to focus on her new romance, it has been reported.The 31 year old announced that she is in a relationship with Dubai-based boyfriend Lorri Haines earlier this month and has been spotted numerous times since then enjoying quality time with her new partner. Lorri is involved in property business in Dubai, while Ferne has multiple businesses she manages here in the UK, where she lives with her four year old daughter, Sunday. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
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Glass Animals have become the first UK band to reach the top of Spotify‘s global singles chart.
Glass Animals have become the first UK band to reach the top of Spotify‘s global singles chart.The Oxford four-piece have hit the heights through the continued success of their 2020 single ‘Heat Waves’, which originally featured on their third studio album ‘Dreamland’.The track, which has been streamed over 1.1billion times on Spotify, has now hit the top of Spotify’s Global Top 50 Chart, making Glass Animals the first British band to reach the top spot.‘Heat Waves’, which is solely credited to Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley, is currently amassing over 4.26million streams a day on Spotify.The song has been nominated for a BRIT Award for ‘Song Of The Year’, while Glass Animals are up for both Best Band In The World and Best Band From The UK: Supported by Pizza Express at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.‘Heat Waves’, which was re-released in March 2021 featuring a new verse by Iann Dior, helped Glass Animals make US chart history back in November.The song reached number 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 for the first time that month, having already spent 42 weeks on the chart.It was the longest climb to the top 10 in US chart history: beating American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, whose 2006 single ‘Before He Cheats’ took 38 weeks to reach the same position.
Love Island'sMillie Court has just arrived back in the UK after a luxurious holiday in Dubai and The Maldives with fellow Love Island boyfriend Liam Reardon. The pair first got together when Millie entered the villa alongside Lucinda Strafford as bombshells and have been inseparable ever since (apart from a slight Casa Amor glitch).
party tradition — an hourslong affair with infinite supply of seafood, pizza, dessert and Veuve Clicquot Champagne set to pulsing music known simply in this city-state as “Friday brunch.”But starting this year, the United Arab Emirates shifted its weekend from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday — a move to align with global markets and Western schedules.Now, Emirati government employees work a half day with time for worship and family gatherings on Islam's holy day. Most of the nation's expatriate-dominated private sector, however, works the full day.That has thrown Dubai’s beloved Friday brunch — a key revenue source for COVID-19-battered restaurants that revel in Instagram-worthy, booze-soaked buffets — into disarray.“The traditional 12 p.m.